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entire system of inheritance.
ith Parshat
Imagine if Joshua were
Pinchas, we
.
forced to decide this case
witness the
his first year on the job!
changing of the guard.
Moses has the authority to
The stage was set last
ask God's guidance and to
week with the deaths of
clarify the policy for Israel.
Miriam and then Aaron
With his seniority, he has
and with God's decree
earned the right to present a
that Moses will not lead
compromise.
his people into Canaan.
The other section is even
This week, Aaron's
Rabbi Daniel
more portentous. God gives
Nevins
son Elazar is already
Moses a comprehensive
functioning as high
Special to the
review of the daily, Sabbath
priest, sharing a direct
Jewish News
and festival cycles of sacrifi-
revelation with Moses
cial worship. For roughly the
regarding the census
next 13 centuries, these sacrifices will
and apportionment of the land. The
be the main form of Israelite worship.
transition in leadership reaches its
Even today, our liturgy follows their
climax with God's instruction that
Moses climb Mt. Abarim and die there. pattern. Only Moses has the author-
ity to set straight an entire system of
In response to Moses' plea, God adds
worship.
provision for the ordination of Joshua
At the end of his career, Moses
as his successor so that "the Lord's
community not be like sheep that have continues to act with wisdom, if not
zealotry. He fosters stable procedures
no shepherd!'
for succession in leadership, inheri-
Most of the Exodus generation is
tance of the land and worship of God.
dead already, and a younger, more
A young man like Pinchas can play
vigorous group of leaders has stepped
the zealot. But it takes the mature
forward. Alarmingly, Moses is reduced
and established authority of Moses
to weeping in the face of the brazen
to show Israel the way to establish a
insubordination of Zimri, son of Salu,
just and stable society. Our portion
chieftain of Simeon. It is his great-
summarizes it thus: "So Moses spoke
nephew, Pinchas, son of Elazar, son of
to the Israelites just as the Lord had
Aaron, who takes the zealous action
commanded Moses!' E
that ends this crisis. What is left for
Moses to do? Quite a bit!
Daniel Nevins is a rabbi at Adat Shalom
While Moses may lack some of the
Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
righteous indignation and valor of
young Pinchas, he has much leader-
ship left in him. Two sections at the
end of this portion underline the
Conversations
continued importance of Moses. The
Leadership sometimes
first is the story of the five daughters
demands assertiveness and,
of Zelophchad. They approach Moses
at other times, compromise.
with a claim of injustice. It is unfair
Which skill is more difficult to
to their father (and to them) that his
cultivate? Identify current situ-
portion of the land be voided simply
ations where political leaders
because he produced no male heirs.
attempted one style when the
While this claim is clearly just, it also
other was called for.
has the potential to destabilize the

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